Oct 2-8

[dizzycooks]

New week!

[dizzycooks]

So my dog did something to herself when she went out this morning. I’m going to be calling the vet and I am just praying it’s not hugely expensive.
I have my 12 week appt today!! Excited to hear the hb again.
Dd2&3 and still coughing and have fevers. Should be fun to haul them to all these appts. I asked my mom to come sit with them, but since they have fevers she said she shouldn’t be around them as that usually means they are contagious. Of course it does, why do you think I want to leave them home??
This week has got to get better from here.

[scorpioscuba]

Woke up to the horrific news in Las Vegas. I'm DONE done DONE with the evil and horrible things happening in this world. I'm so scared for my kids and what the future holds for them.

[crimsonandclover]

dizzycooks, I'm angry at your mother for you. I mean, if she had some immune system deficiency, then I'd totally understand. But seriously, woman. Put on your grandma panties and watch your sick grandkids so your daughter can take one of them to the dr.

scorpioscuba, I feel like I've been desensitized to all of these mass shootings and I simply cannot understand why so many people in the US are so diehard about gun control. It's not an all or nothing, people.

[scorpioscuba]

OMG dizzycooks I'm sorry your mother is being like this. I wish I lived close so I could come stay with them for you. Also, FX the issue with your dog is minor. Monday be mondaying.

[lollipop]

I think its going to be a long winter. I'm getting on the ball though, and making a shopping so we can get all the winter crap we need before it decides to snow and stick. You know, sometime in the next 3 weeks 😂

[nellieoleson]

And now I just heard Tom Petty died. Today is trash.

dizzycooks - hope your dog is okay and your appt went well. I agree with crimsonandclover - put on those grandma panties, Grandma Dizzycooks! I think Grandma Panties will be my new phrase when my mom is driving me bonkers.

Speaking of grandmas, my ILs are here visiting from MN. They are fun and very helpful, so it’s great having them around. I am totally getting a cold and PMSing though, and all I want to do is stay home in comfy pants, but I feel like I need to entertain them somewhat. Blah.

[nellieoleson]

Dd2 has had m&m’s a few times recently - like one or two at a time when dd1 gets a a few as a treat. She is obsessed now. She stands in front of the pantry pointing and saying “Blue green! Blue green!” - which is what she calls them for some reason. I think we have a sweet tooth on our hands.

[dizzycooks]

So my dog has a spinal injury and received a steroid shot and laser therapy so she could come home tonight. I’m taking her back tomorrow to be put down. I feel awful. Awful for her, awful for my girls, like an awful pet owner for all the times she’s been ignored since the girls came along, I feel physically terrible due to all the stress. I am a complete mess. I can’t even have a glass of wine. I’m eating a lot of ice cream and she’s laying at my feet. I have to move her every time I go somewhere bc she can’t walk. I have to hold her up outside and hope she pees. This is not good.

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dizzycooks I am so sorry lady.

Rough day today. Hold those babies a little tighter

[kcrkcs]

dizzycooks I am so so sorry. Sending you so many hugs.

[scorpioscuba]

Oh my gosh I'm so sorry dizzycooks. That's so awful. Big hugs to you all. 😪

[nellieoleson]

dizzycooks I am so very sorry about your pup. Hang in there, mama.

[lollipop]

Sorry about your dog dizzycooks.

[tinydancer]

dizzycooks , so very sorry about your pup.

[nellieoleson]

My ILs have been here visiting from MN since Saturday. I love having them out here - they are fun and really helpful with the girls, but I CANNOT WAIT to get back to our normal routine.

I think discussions we’ve had on this board have helped me realize what an introvert I am. I like being around people, but in small doses then I need to escape.

[crimsonandclover]

dizzycooks, oh no! So is there hope that the injury will get better with rest? Like is there swelling that might go down yet?

My ILs will be moving from 1 hr away to 10 min away in January when FIL retires. The jury is still out on whether that will be nice or a disaster. My relationship with MIL has not always been easy, and they have never once watched our girls while we got to leave the house (Dd1 is 6.5, for reference).

[dizzycooks]

It’s a cupcake making kind of day. I got nominated to bake cupcakes for our mops group tomorrow. I decided to make pumpkin with cream cheese frosting and apple with cinnamon frosting. I’ll post pics later so you can live vicariously through it.
After my week so far I think cupcakes sound like a good solution.
crimsonandclover we put her down yesterday. Steroids didn’t do much and we would have been doing weekly steroid and laser therapy for life to get even some use of her legs. It would not have been a good life. The girls are ok. Dh and I are a mess.

[nellieoleson]

dizzycooks - What a rough week. You deserve cupcakes for sure - I just wish someone else was making them for you and hand delivering them while you lounged in an extra comfy chair, with a view of a lake, the softest blanket in the world tucked around you, and many many hours of quiet to enjoy.

crimsonandclover - Your situation with your MIL would make me nuts and most likely start festering feelings of resentment that would flair up into anger sometimes. Especially since your family is SO far away - they should step up and help you guys more. Unless it’s a cultural difference thing I don’t have the appropriate understanding of?

[nellieoleson]

I swear it seems like my ILs always visit when I’m PMSing.

They are totally laid back extroverts and I am pretty sure they think I am a high strung, stressed out, bossy, demanding crazy person.

[dizzycooks]

We found this guy at the store today and did was so happy I bought it. Now I’m wishing I had two. One for each planter.
nellieoleson I’m sorry you’re stressing out. Can you get a break with them there? Like will they go shopping alone or can you have them take dd1 to a movie?

[lollipop]

Looks like we aren't doing thanksgiving this year. H's extended family are all gathering on Monday, but he has to work. My mom isn't bothering because she doesn't want to exclude anyone, and everyone's schedules conflict (at least the men's do, my mom, sister and I are not working). H's parents are doing it Saturday, but H has other obligations and I'm not going without him, and instead of eating earlier in the day so we could attend, they've refused to even try to accommodate us. And MIL felt the need to say "hope we see you before Christmas" when she was telling H what time dinner is supposed to start. This from the woman who, after asking us to not have S's party the week of his birthday, didn't come when we scheduled it for the next weekend.

I would make thanksgiving dinner at home for us, but it's an awful lot of work, when odds are only 2 of us would eat without a fight.

[crimsonandclover]

dizzycooks, I'm so sorry. I must have missed the part about you already putting her down. It's so hard to lose pets.

nellieoleson, you're not missing any cultural thing. My MIL is just weird like that. FIL less so. My only hope is that once he retires, she will feel less intimidated watching the kids if he's there too (and he's pretty hands-on with the grandkids, so he really would be helpful).

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lollipop maybe just make a special dessert or something to celebrate?

I visited a presidential birthplace today while on a work trip. Random. I met an elderly lady who was traveling the entire Lewis and Clark trail by herself. Pretty cool! You go girl! I wish that were me when old but I already know I'm too lazy for that jazz lol

[theoprah]

dizzycooks - I am so sorry to hear about your dog! How old was the dog? Sending lots of internet hugs!!
crimsonandclover - I really hope that your ILs start to show up for you! And maybe your MIL will be more up to the task with help from your FIL.
nellieoleson - I am sure your ILs think you are fabulous!!
lollipop - sorry for all of the scheduling craziness with Thanksgiving- that sounds nuts!
I am enjoying my only "night off" on this crazy two week long work trip. I go out with my colleagues every.night. Thank God I am an extrovert - otherwise I would be unconscious! Lol! I am looking forward to going home this Saturday and holding my babies again!!

[dizzycooks]

lollipop I would make a nice dinner for yourselves. A roast chicken, Mac and cheese, veggie the kids love, rolls and a nice dessert. Stuff they’ll eat without a fight and something to signify the holiday.

[dizzycooks]

theoprah my dog was 10 1/2, getting old, but should have had a few more years I’d guess.

[lollipop]

I've decided that we're going to do normal supper on Friday, but I'm going to make pie and H's favorite holiday dessert.

[dizzycooks]

I need to sit down guys. This week has been so crazy and I am behind on general life tasks. I told dh and he said he didn’t think I was and things are fine. I can’t decide if I’m perplexed or relieved.

[nellieoleson]

theoprah - it’s interesting, because even though I’m an introvert, I would be totally fine going out with work colleagues every night during a work trip - IF I had my own hotel room to retreat to at the end of the night and a few moments alone in the morning. Also, after a cocktail or two my need for seclusion pretty much disappears and I’d be dragging everyone to a karaoke bar or some soon to be regretted location.

I think between the kids and visitors and everyone’s routines being thrown off it just starts getting to me. I need time to recharge.

And even more funny is that the ILs left a few hours ago and now I’m sad about it. Ha.